Abbott, Jacob. Abbott's Young Christian: A Memorial Edition, with a Sketch of the Author, by one of his sons. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. First Edition. [9295]
Brown publisher's cloth with light rubbing to the edges, joints fine, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, tight. 1907 owner's signature on the ffep, steel-engraved portrait with facsimile signature & tissue guard, viii., 131; xii., 402 clean pp.; 8 pp. publisher's catalogue. Very good. Hardcover.
The first section of 131 pp. is the biography, including a bibliography of his works. The second section of 402 pages is a reprint of the 1882 edition of The Young Christian, illustrated.
The book has dates of 1882 but the binding and the owner's inscription indicate that it was printed closer to 1900.
Jacob Abbott (1803-1879), b. Hallowell, ME; d. Farmington, ME. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, and studied divinity at Andover. Ordained as a Congregational minister, he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Amherst College (1825-1829), founder of the Mount Vernon School for Girls (Boston), and organizer of the Eliot Church in Roxbury. In 1839 he moved to Farmington, Maine, where he devoted the rest of his life to literary labor. "A complete catalogue of his works (which are chiefly for the young) would considerably exceed 200 titles...He also edited, with additions, several historical textbooks, and compiled a series of school readers." - Appletons Encyclopedia.
